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title: "23 Truth Quotes By Milan Kundera"
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> [Speak truth to power.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milan-kundera/speak-truth-to-power/)

[Milan Kundera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/milan-kundera/)

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> [To be a writer does not mean to preach a truth, it means to discover a truth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milan-kundera/to-be-a-writer-does-not-mean-to-preach-a-truth-it-means-to-discover-a/)

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> [In her presence I could dare everything: sincerity, emotion, pathos.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milan-kundera/in-her-presence-i-could-dare-everything-sincerity-emotion-pathos/)

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> [On the surface, an intelligible lie; underneath, the unintelligible truth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milan-kundera/on-the-surface-an-intelligible-lie-underneath-the-unintelligible-truth/)

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> [What does it mean to live in truth? Putting it negatively is easy enough: it means not lying, not hiding, and not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milan-kundera/what-does-it-mean-to-live-in-truth-putting-it-negatively-is-easy/)

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> [“Don't lie!' 'Tell the truth!' are words which we must never say to another person in so far as we consider him…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milan-kundera/don-t-lie-tell-the-truth-are-words-which-we-must-never-say-to-another/)

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> [The combination of a frivolous form and a serious subject immediately unmasks the truth about our dramas.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milan-kundera/the-combination-of-a-frivolous-form-and-a-serious-subject-immediately/)

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> [For Sabina, living in truth, lying neither to ourselves nor to others, was possible only away from the public: the moment someone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milan-kundera/for-sabina-living-in-truth-lying-neither-to-ourselves-nor-to-others/)

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> [“The moment someone keeps an eye on what we do, we involuntarily make allowances for that eye, and nothing we do is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milan-kundera/the-moment-someone-keeps-an-eye-on-what-we-do-we-involuntarily-make/)

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> [Isn't beer the holy libation of sincerity? The potion that dispels all hypocrisy, any charade of fine manners? The drink that does…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milan-kundera/isn-t-beer-the-holy-libation-of-sincerity-the-potion-that-dispels-all/)

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> [“It is a tragicomic fact that our proper upbringing has become an ally of the secret police. (...) The "Tell the truth!"…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milan-kundera/it-is-a-tragicomic-fact-that-our-proper-upbringing-has-become-an-ally/)

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> [“Anyone who thinks that the Communist regimes of Central Europe are exclusively the work of criminals is overlooking a basic truth: the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milan-kundera/anyone-who-thinks-that-the-communist-regimes-of-central-europe-are-2/)

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> [Such are the Splendors and Miseries of memory: it is proud of its ability to keep truthful track of the logical sequence…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milan-kundera/such-are-the-splendors-and-miseries-of-memory-it-is-proud-of-its/)

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> [“A novel is purposely a-philosophic, even anti-philosophic, fiercely independent of any system of preconceived ideas, it questions, it marvels, it doesn't judge,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milan-kundera/a-novel-is-purposely-a-philosophic-even-anti-philosophic-fiercely/)

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> [“In any case, it seems to me that all over the world people nowadays prefer to judge rather than to understand, to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milan-kundera/in-any-case-it-seems-to-me-that-all-over-the-world-people-nowadays/)

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> [“Do stories, apart from happening, being, have something to say? For all my skepticism, some trace of irrational superstition did survive in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milan-kundera/do-stories-apart-from-happening-being-have-something-to-say-for-all/)

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> [“Why in fact should one tell the truth? What obliges us to do it? And why do we consider telling the truth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milan-kundera/why-in-fact-should-one-tell-the-truth-what-obliges-us-to-do-it-and/)

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> [“Man cannot do without feelings, but the moment they are considered values in themselves, criteria of truth, justifications for kinds of behavior,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milan-kundera/man-cannot-do-without-feelings-but-the-moment-they-are-considered/)

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> [“ I think, therefore I am is the statement of an intellectual who underrates toothaches. I feel, therefore I am is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milan-kundera/i-think-therefore-i-am-is-the-statement-of-an-intellectual-who/)

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> [“I know, brother, that you are a straightforward man, and that you pride yourself on it. But put one question to yourself:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milan-kundera/i-know-brother-that-you-are-a-straightforward-man-and-that-you-pride/)

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> [Anyone who thinks that the Communist regimes of Central Europe are exclusively the work of criminals is overlooking a basic truth: The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milan-kundera/anyone-who-thinks-that-the-communist-regimes-of-central-europe-are/)

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> [“ I think, therefore I am is the statement of an intellectual who underrates toothaches. I feel, therefore I am is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milan-kundera/i-think-therefore-i-am-is-the-statement-of-an-intellectual-who-2/)

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> [It does take great maturity to understand that the opinion we are arguing for is merely the hypothesis we favor, necessarily imperfect,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milan-kundera/it-does-take-great-maturity-to-understand-that-the-opinion-we-are/)

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## More by Milan Kundera

> [“The future is only an indifferent void no one cares about, but the past is filled with life, and its countenance is irritating, repellent,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milan-kundera/the-future-is-only-an-indifferent-void-no-one-cares-about-but-the/)

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> [“From that time on they both looked forward to sleeping together. I might even say that the goal of their lovemaking was not so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milan-kundera/from-that-time-on-they-both-looked-forward-to-sleeping-together-i/)

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> [“Beauty in the European sense has always had a premeditated quality to it. We've always had an aesthetic intention and a long-range plan. That's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milan-kundera/beauty-in-the-european-sense-has-always-had-a-premeditated-quality-to/)

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> [The beauty of New York is unintentional; it arose independent of human design, like a stalagmite cavern.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milan-kundera/the-beauty-of-new-york-is-unintentional-it-arose-independent-of-human/)

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> [Children, Never look Back!" and this meant that we must never allow the future to be weighed down by memory . for children have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milan-kundera/children-never-look-back-and-this-meant-that-we-must-never-allow-the/)

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> [“Our lives may be separate, but they run in the same direction, like parallel lines.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milan-kundera/our-lives-may-be-separate-but-they-run-in-the-same-direction-like/)

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> [“Having a child is to show an absolute accord with mankind. If I have a child, it's as though I'm saying: I was born…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milan-kundera/having-a-child-is-to-show-an-absolute-accord-with-mankind-if-i-have-a/)

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> [Love is a battle," said Marie-Claude, still smiling. "And I plan to go on fighting. To the end." Love is a battle?" said Franz.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milan-kundera/love-is-a-battle-said-marie-claude-still-smiling-and-i-plan-to-go-on/)

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> [“He remained annoyed with himself until he realized that not knowing what he wanted was actually quite natural. We can never know what to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milan-kundera/he-remained-annoyed-with-himself-until-he-realized-that-not-knowing/)

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> [“Whenever I think about ancient cultures nostalgia seizes me. Perhaps this is nothing but envy of the sweet slowness of the history of that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milan-kundera/whenever-i-think-about-ancient-cultures-nostalgia-seizes-me-perhaps/)

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> [When we ignore the body, we are more easily victimized by it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milan-kundera/when-we-ignore-the-body-we-are-more-easily-victimized-by-it/)

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> [“Do stories, apart from happening, being, have something to say? For all my skepticism, some trace of irrational superstition did survive in me, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milan-kundera/do-stories-apart-from-happening-being-have-something-to-say-for-all/)

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> [“Os extremos delimitam a fronteira para além da qual a vida termina, e a paixão pelo extremismo, tanto em arte como em política, é…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milan-kundera/os-extremos-delimitam-a-fronteira-para-al-m-da-qual-a-vida-termina-e/)

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> [The characters in my novels are my own unrealized possibilities. That is why I am equally fond of them all and equally horrified by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milan-kundera/the-characters-in-my-novels-are-my-own-unrealized-possibilities-that/)

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> [Anyone whose goal is 'something higher' must expect someday to suffer vertigo.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milan-kundera/anyone-whose-goal-is-something-higher-must-expect-someday-to-suffer/)

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                        "text": "Isn't beer the holy libation of sincerity? The potion that dispels all hypocrisy, any charade of fine manners? The drink that does nothing worse than incite its fans to urinate in all innocence, to gain weight in all frankness?",
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                        "text": "Such are the Splendors and Miseries of memory: it is proud of its ability to keep truthful track of the logical sequence of past events; but when it comes to how we experienced them at the time, memory feels no obligation to truth.",
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                        "text": "“Why in fact should one tell the truth? What obliges us to do it? And why do we consider telling the truth to be a virtue? Imagine that you meet a madman, who claims that he is a fish and that we are all fish. Are you going to argue with him? Are you going to undress in front of him and show him that you don't have fins? Are you going to say to his face what you think?...If you told him the whole truth and nothing but the truth, only what you thought, you would enter into a serious conversation with a madman and you yourself would become mad. And it is the same way with the world that surrounds us. If I obstinately told the truth to its face, it would mean that I was taking it seriously. And to take seriously something so unserious means to lose all one's own seriousness. I have to lie, if I don't want to take madmen seriously and become a madman myself.”",
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                        "text": "“Man cannot do without feelings, but the moment they are considered values in themselves, criteria of truth, justifications for kinds of behavior, they become frightening. The noblest of national sentiments stand ready to justify the greatest of horrors, and man, his breast swelling with lyric fervor, commits atrocities in the sacred name of love.”",
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                        "text": "“ I think, therefore I am is the statement of an intellectual who underrates toothaches. I feel, therefore I am is a truth much more universally valid, and it applies to everything that's alive. My self does not differ substantially from yours in terms of its thought. Many people, few ideas: we all think more or less the same, and we exchange, borrow, steal thoughts from one another. However, when someone steps on my foot, only I feel the pain. The basis of the self is not thought but suffering, which is the most fundamental of all feelings. While it suffers, not even a cat can doubt its unique and uninterchangeable self. In intense suffering the world disappears and each of us is alone with his self. Suffering is the university of egocentrism.”",
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